Bahco Cabinet Scraper, 6" x 2.5" x 0.030", Precision Chrome-Nickel Steel Blade for Fine Detailing, Varnish Removal, and Furniture Restoration in Woodworking Applications

Great little scraper blade with really crisp edges that seem to hold their sharpness for wood scraping. Not as flexible as I imagined it would be, but works great on a flat surface.Not made for compound curves.

I'm very happy with this scraper. It takes nice thin shavings off a hickory board with no trouble. Don't make the mistake I made earlier with a cheaper scraper. That only results in frustration. This one is great.

This is the first tool I have discovered and truly wondered how I did anything without it. Card Scrapers are a secret weapon for cleaning up a board and can reduce the amount of sanding you need to do by several factors. Properly sharpened, I would say you can get a surface that is in line with about 220 -300 grit sanding. The hard part is learning how to properly hone an edge. The process is almost voodoo, and everyone has a completely different method. But well worth learning how. Watch all the You Tube vids, and do NOT skip over proper filing and wet stone smoothing. The most important steps and being able to get a good edge.

This is a nice scraper. A little stiff, but it turns a burr easily, and holds it well once you've put it on. If I could change anything about it, I'd make it taller than it is. It would be more comfortable to hold if the corners weren't digging into my hands.

When you receive this (I post this for those who have not used this type of scraper before, such as myself), you cannot simply start using it to scrape and level wood. You have to slightly grind the edges with your choice of abrasive. For me, I used a stone sharpener which I normally use to sharpen knives. I used the rougher side to pass thru a few times on each side and then I finally passed perpendicularly to create a square sharp edge throughout. Once I did this, I was able to scrape a slightly warped piece of Douglas fir into a perfectly flat piece with multiple passes. This works like a sander plus a planer all in one. I finally like this tool after learning how to use it properly. You can also search on various video channels and you should find some tips that may be more advanced than mine.

My first cabinet scraper. Very dull now after a lot of use. Wish I had a good way to sharpen ti.

I started using scrapers when I was building my first guitar at the age of sixteen. That was a long time ago. Now I use them for a wide variety of things. In the kitchen, I use them sometimes to help make sure the counter top is clean. It is a slick flat composite so the only thing that the blade will hit is something on top of the counter top. I also use one in the kitchen to clean the hardwood butcher blocks. This is really probably better in general than a wax/oil product that protect the wood but also is an attractant for food.If you scrap a butcher block that you have been using a butcher block protective product on you will be scraping it off the top surface and it looks to me like there is some food elements in the mix so that is a bit disgusting. It also helps mildly to keep a butcher block smoother after it has been abused by knife cuts. I don't try to shave wood off or anything so aggressive, just scrap off anything that is on the surface and I suppose a very minor amount of butcher block might get scraped off from time to time.There are a hundred of uses for a nice simple cabinet scraper. They also work on plastic and other hard surfaces. I used one to shave the plastic handle on a lower freezer door where when the frig was opened up top it drags the bottom freezer door open with it. The scraper was a much quicker solution than sanding the handle down or trying to counter the slightly sagging refrigerator door. And the advise in a wood shop has always been a wood surface is smoother if it is cut than if it is sanded.

I've owned one of these for a couple of years now. I've used a lot of scrapers--Lee Valley and such. This is the best scraper I've used. Very easy to sharpen and holds a good edge. Very satisfied.